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THE PRAYER OF ISLAM by SAROJINI NAIDU

First Line: WE PRAISE THEE, O COMPASSIONATE!
Last Line: YA RAHMAN! YA RAHEEM!
Subject(s): COMPASSION; DEATH; MEMORY; PRAYER; SHADOWS; DEAD, THE;

WE praise Thee, O Compassionate!
Master of Life and Time and Fate,
Lord of the labouring winds and seas,
@3Ya Hameed! Ya Hafeez!@1

Thou art the Radiance of our ways,
Thou art the Pardon of our days,
Whose name is known from star to star,
@3Ya Ghani! Ya Ghaffar!@1

Thou art the Goal for which we long,
Thou art our Silence and our Song,
Life of the sunbeam and the seed—
@3Ya Wahab! Ya Waheed!@1

Thou dost transmute from hour to hour
Our mortal weakness into power,
Our bondage into liberty,
@3Ya Quadeer! Ya Quavi!@1

We are the shadows of Thy Light,
We are the secrets of Thy might,
The visions of thy primal dream,
@3Ya Rahman! Ya Raheem!@1



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